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The cloud division of tech giant Google (GOOGL) has joined the Flare blockchain as a validator and infrastructure provider. Google Cloud is one of 100 organizations adopting this combined role, both securing the network as a validator and contributing to the Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO), according to an announcement shared with CoinDesk on Monday. Flare, which calls itself “the blockchain for data,” gives developers access to decentralized data via its Oracle system. In blockchain… Source link

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google launched several new tools for retailers using generative artificial intelligence to improve online shopping experiences and other retail operations, its cloud business announced in a release Thursday.  The suite of new products includes a generative AI-powered chatbot that retailers can use on websites and mobile apps. The virtual agents can talk to consumers and offer product recommendations based on shoppers’ preferences, Google said. “In only… Source link

Image Credits: https://techcrunch.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2216465&action=edit / Getty Images Google today announced that it’ll stop charging Google Cloud customers a fee to migrate their data to another cloud provider or on-premise datacenter, effective immediately. Customers using Google Cloud services including BigQuery, Cloud Bigtable, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Datastore, Filestore, Spanner and Persistent Disk are eligible for free transfers out of Google Cloud —… Source link

“Starting today, Google Cloud customers who wish to stop using Google Cloud and migrate their data to another cloud provider and/or on premises, can take advantage of free network data transfer to migrate their data out of Google Cloud,” Amit Zavery, a Google cloud vice president, wrote in the post. “This applies to all customers globally.”  While Zavery didn’t name any specific vendors, data transfer fees are a profitable source of revenue for tech companies and can serve to reduce churn… Source link

The cost of switching between cloud-computing providers has long drawn complaints, with the services derided as “roach motels” that let businesses check in but not out. Now Alphabet Inc.’s Google is taking steps to change that. Effective immediately, the company is eliminating fees levied on customers who want to leave its cloud for a rival service — a policy shift that may pressure competitors Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to do the same. Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Cloud CEO: AI MSPs Are The Future  CRN Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Utilized by Microsoft for Bing …  Oracle Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Amazon earnings: Beats estimates on sales, but misses target for cloud  Yahoo Finance Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Cloud boss Kurian’s rocky path to profit: ‘We were not in a very good situation’  CNBC Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Quarterly Cloud Comparison: Google Still Cheap (NASDAQ:GOOG)  Seeking Alpha Source link